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Polio Outbreak
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March of dimes
In 1938, because of Infantile Paralysis (Polio), FDR created the March of Dimes to fund research and patient care for those affect. Through mass funding, the organization was successful and still goes on to this day. -
Fear of Transmission
During this time frame, cases of polio boomed, reaching up to 10,000 cases reported annually. This led to parents fearing transmission of polio that they and places started to become isolated. -
Beginning of the Solution
Dr. Jonas Salk because working on a vaccine to prevent polio in the. He experimented with a dead virus in the vaccine and these experimentations were funded by March of Dimes. -
Worst Polio epidemic
This was the worst Polio epidemic in the Us. Nearly 58,000 cases, over 3,000 deaths, and more than 21,000 people left with paralysis. This creates more impatience and pressure on the vaccine. -
Beginning stages of vaccine
Salk creates the first prototypes and breakthroughs of the polio vaccine. He used himself and his family to test the vaccine. -
Polio Pioneers
There becomes mass testing of the vaccine in the US. 1.8 million children are tested with the vaccine (one of the largest medical experiments in Us history). They are called the polio Pioneers. -
Salk vaccine safe
The Salk vaccine was finally declared safe for humans and was proved to be effective. Now it was a matter of time for it to start rolling out nationwide. -
Distribution of Vaccine
Nationwide, the vaccine is distributed. March of dimes also helps in distributing millions of vaccines which saves thousands of lives. -
Cutter incident
A faulty batch of Salk vaccines were distributed. This led to the people vaccinated by these to catch polio and possibly die. This mistake led to 200 polio cases and several deaths. This led to public backlash, stopping production of vaccines, and caused supervision to be stricter